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03
Oct

Pyranha invades US National Whitewater Center

The Pyranha crew was invited to the new US National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, NC for a day of checking out the new whitewater park, demoing some boats, and doing a little bit of racing. The course has three channels- a beginner channel, a freestyle channel, and a competition channel for racing, and a conveyor belt to get back to the top. While “concrete kayaking” has been going on in Europe, it’s something relatively new in the US, and the smooth channel and fast water and the idea of just riding the conveyor back to the top took a bit of getting used to. We all agreed that the course is awesome, and will only get better with some tweaking. Here are some pictures:

Charlotte demo

Pyranha Demos set up by the top pool

Jared Comp hole

Jared Seiler surfing on the Competition channel

Jared Comp

Jared on the Competition Channel

Pyranha M-Wave

Pyranhas schooling in the eddy

Dave M-Wave

Dave Fusilli excited to be surfing the M-Wave

Jared M-mave

Jared blunting on the M-Wave

Scott Cartwheel

Scott Sullivan Cartwheeling on the Freestyle Channel

Conor loop

Conor Finney looping in front of the pumphouse

Conveyor

Jared and Conor taking the magic carpet ride back to the top